10 contemporary romance writing prompts
Contemporary romance is one of the biggest genres out there! Filled with meet-cutes, second chances and workplace romances, you can captivate the hearts of your readers.
Take a look at these 10 contemporary romance writing prompts to help inspire your own novel.
An overworked tech CEO's car breaks down in a small town on their way to a meeting with an investor. The handsome local mechanic helps repair their car and their heart.
A dating app developer sworn against love goes undercover on their own app to catch out their competition's founder who they believe is trying to tarnish the app's name. The catch is they don't know what their competition's founder looks like, only their name, so they have to go on a date with everyone with the same name. In the process, the developer finds more than they bargained for.
Two single parents meet at their children's school orientation. They get off on the wrong foot, but their children's budding friendship forces them to spend more time together.
A professional organiser is hired to declutter the house of a reclusive single parent. In order to help them declutter their house, the organiser must first help the single parent declutter the secrets locked away in their mind.
A wedding organiser is forced to organise their ex's wedding, including the big day itself. In order to make it through the event, they ask their best friend's sibling to pose as their business partner to make sure they don't say something that would jeopardise their career. The "business partners" bond and end up finding romance themselves.
A freelance travel writer who has sworn never to return home finds themselves back in their hometown to care for their sick grandmother. They reconnect with their high school sweetheart, who never left town.
A small town fashion designer finds themselves in the big city as an intern at a global fashion company. They fall for the company's textile designer, but can they balance love and their upcoming career?
A startup founder has one month to secure a new investor or their company will go out of business. Their friend tells them about a broody local billionaire, who requests a one-on-one meeting with our budding startup founder.
A bookstore owner must work with their arch nemesis, the handsome café owner next door, to save their shops from being demolished by developers.
An ambitious corporate lawyer is forced to take a pro bono case to improve their professional reputation. Their case is representing a women's shelter, where they meet a social worker fighting to save the shelter from closing.
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